Collar holder



y 1934- E. o. RUBEL 1,959,58

COLLAR HOLDER Filed Dec. 5, 1932 INVENTOR 150M 0 fi t/BEL Patented May 22, 1934 llNllED STATES PATENT QFFE'CE Claims.

This invention relates to supports for soft 001- lars, and has for its object to provide means whereby the ends of a soft collar are held fixed to keep them from spreading and thus hold the 5 corners thereof in fixed relation to the tie located between them.

This and other objects of this invention will become more readily apparent from the detailed description thereof which follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a perspective view of a collar and tie showing the holder in dotted lines in position under the collar.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the holder.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the holder, the section being taken on the line 4:c4a: of Figure 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a slightly modified form of the holder. I

In the several figures of the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The collar holder forming the subject matter of this invention is adapted for use on soft collars which are permanently attached to the shirt and form a part thereof as well as for use on individual soft collars which are attachable to the shirt.

As illustrated in the figures the holder is formed up of suitable sheet material, preferably in a single piece, and comprises a substantially horizontal and slightly outwardly curved connecting member 1 which has a supporting member 2 depending from the middle thereof. The latter projects slightly rearwardly and is bifurcated so as to engage behind the uppermost button of the shirt or the collar button which takes the place of it and thus supports and anchors the connecting member 1 in a predetermined position under the collar 3 and tie 4 between the free ends of the collar.

Near the outer ends of the supporting member 1 of the holder are provided the depending arms 5 and 6 respectively which are curved toward each other and slightly outwardly from the supporting member. At the bottom of the arms 5 and 6 are formed the horizontal pin clasps 7 and 3 which are arranged so as to point angularly toward each other. Each of these pin clasps comprises a spring loop 9 with a pin 10 and lug 11 projecting against the outer end of the pin 10 and closing the loop at one end thereof. The portion of the collar hooked over the pin along the 55 outside of the pin clasps will thus have the pin (Cl. 24 m) forced into it while a portion of the material of the collar is forced between the pin and the lug. The lug will then exert sufficient pressure and pinch the material between it and the pin to keep the hooked portion of the collar from sliding off the pin. The shoulder 12 at the inner end of the pin keeps the pin from entering too far into the material.

As illustrated in Figure l the holder is mounted with its supporting member 2 on the collar button or uppermost button of the shirt so that the connecting member 1 projects to either side under the edge of the collar 3. The arms 5 and 6. of the holder are thus located under the free edges of the collar and, due to their slight outward curvature, hold these edges slightly away from the shirt. The tie 4 is then placed under the collar and tied over the supporting member 2 and the arms 5 and 6 on either side thereof with the tie knot located directly over the supporting member. The pin clasps 7 and 8 are then located below the tie so that the edges of the free corners of the under side of the collar can be hooked over the pins and anchored thereto as above described.

The free corners of the collar are thus held 80 rigid by the pin clasps in proper relation to the tie located between them and will keep the collar in this shape at all times. The portion of the tie passing over the arms 5 and 6 of the holder is at the same time locked between the pin clasps and the under edge of the collar to prevent any displacement thereof.

In Figure 5 I have illustrated the holder with the connecting member in the form of a V so as to snugly fit into the folded edge of the collar on either side of the tie.

I claim:

1. A collar holder for soft collars having free edges comprising central button anchoring means, a connecting member extending over the top of said anchoring means on either side thereof, an arm depending from said connecting member on each side of said anchoring means, and a substantially horizontal elongated pin clasp at the lower end of each of said arms said pin clasps projecting angularly toward each other to engage the inside of the free collar edges with their forward ends and holds the free collar edges projecting angularly toward each other with their sides.

2. In a collar holder for soft collars having free edges the combination of central anchoring means, a pair of arms supported by said anchoring means one on each side thereof, said arms being curved toward each other and outwardly from said anchoring means, a substantially horizontal elongated pin clasp projecting from the lower end of each of said pair of arms to provide an unobstructed space above and between said pin clasps and said anchoring means, said pin clasps facing each other to engage the under side of the free edges of the soft collar and prevent a lateral displacement thereof away from said central anchoring means.

3. In a collar holder for soft collars having free edges, the combination of central anchoring means, a pair of pin clasps supported from said anchoring means one on each side thereof, each of said pin clasps comprising a substantially horizontal spring loop, a pin forming part of the loop and a fixed lug projecting against the side of said pin to close the loop between said pin and said lug and have the pin yieldingly rest against said lug.

4. In a collar holder for soft collars having free edges, the combination of an outwardly curved connecting member, a bifurcated supporting member depending centrally from saidgconnecting member and slightly inclined rearwardly therefrom, a pair of arms depending from said connecting member on each side of said supporting member, said pair of arms being curved toward each other and projecting forwardly of said connecting member, a substantially horizontal pin clasp on each of said depending arms with their pins pointing substantially toward each other, a lug on said clasps and engaging the inside of each of said pins to provide gripping means between said pin and said, lug on each of said pin clasps.

5. In a collar holder for soft collars comprising a collar engaging member adapted to engage into the, upper fold of the collar, anchoring means centrally of said collar engaging member to hold said 1collar engaging member against the inner edge of the collar substantially the full length of the collar engaging member, arms depending from the outer ends of said collar engaging member and curving inwardly to points below and to one side of said anchoring means to provide unobstructed space between the ends of said arms and said anchoring means and bring these ends close together below said anchoring means.

EDWARD O. RUBEL. 

